The Validity and Reliability Study of the Scale of the Perceived Sociability of Online Learning Environments

Abstract

The aim of this study is to adapt The Perceived Sociability Scale of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Environments developed by Kreijns, Kirschner, Jochems and Buuren (2007) to online learning environments in Turkey. The original scale is in English and includes 10 items. Firstly, the original scale was translated into Turkish, and experts’ critics were obtained. Afterwards, both the English and Turkish forms were administered to students (n=31) of Başkent Universty Computer Education and Instructional Technologies (CEIT) Department in a one-week interval in order to determine the equivalency of these two forms. The construct validity studies were carried out on 94 CEIT students attending to Ankara, Hacettepe and Başkent Universities. Results showed that the Turkish version has one factor and consisted of 10 items like the original scale. The Cronbach Alpha internal consistency coefficient was also obtained as .82